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APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1915.

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AXEL ANDERSON, 0F STAVE FALLS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

Application filed May 29, 1915. Serial No. 31,304.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL ANDERSON, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Stave Falls, in the Province of British Columbia, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in crates of the folding or collapsible type and its object is to produce a crate of this class in which the side and end members are provided with metal cleats of an interlocking type whereby said members may be extended and adjustably locked in such position instantaneously.

Simplicity in construction and cheapness of manufacture are other objects.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the-claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of said specification and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved crate. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail taken on line 8 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. et is an end view of the crate. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a` cross section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 7 7 of Fig. il. Fig. 8 is an end View of the crate folded. Fig. 9 is a side view of the folded crate.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference character 1 designates the base of the crate to which the band 2 is secured, the ends of the band being disposed upon the upper or inner side of the base and apertured as at 3 in a-linement with notches or recesses in the lateral edges of the base. The base 1 is provided, further, with the terminal bands e, 4 that extend entirely across the under side of the base and up above the same, the upper ends of the same being pivotally secured as at 5 to the metallic bands 5 that cover the lateral edges of the end piecesG which pieces are supported by the said pivots 5a. The bands 5 of the end pieces are projected inwardly along sa-id pieces and spaced away therefrom as at 7. rEhe terminal bands e of the base are formed with inwardly projected fingers 8 that are connected by pivots 9 to the projection 10 which is spaced away from the end edge of the side member 11 and which is an integral part or projection of the band 12 which is secured to the inner face of the said member 11; the pivots 9 aforesaid serving as supports for the said side members 11. Each side member 11 is provided with a screw 13 adapted to register with the opening 3 in the band 2 and which screw may be adjusted with relation to said side member to cause frictional engagement with the base 1 to help ret-ain said side member in adjusted relation. Each end member is provided with a similar screw adapted to a` like purpose in connection with an apertured end brace 14. One end piece G is provided with a band 15 along its upper edge which band is formed with an upturned edge adapted to receive the spaced edge 16 of the band 17 carried by one end edge of the top 1S; the opposite end edge of the said top being covered by a band 19 which, together with said top, is formed with threaded openings in alinement with similar openings in the upper edge of the adjacent end piece 6 adapted to receive screws 20 whereby said top and end piece may be secured together. One end piece 6 is provided with the headed pins 21 and the other end piece 6 with the apertured plates 22, the apertures in which are in alinement with threaded apertures in the said end piece and which are adapted to receive the screws 20 when the crate is `in collapsed position.

In Fig. 1 the crate is in assembled position. To collapse the same the top is removed by removing the screws 2O and then removing the loose edge of the band 17 from the band carried upon the upper edge of the adjacent end piece 6. The side pieces 11 are now forced toward each other upon their pivots 9 thus withdrawing the interlocking edges 10 of the bands 12 from engagement with the edges 7 of the bands 5; the sides will fold one upon the other on the base 1. The end pieces 6 are now forced toward each other upon their pivots 5a and the cover 18 is now placed upon said end pieces, the screws 20 being turned into the apertured plates 22 and the spaced edge 16 of the band 17 engaging with the headed pins 21; the crate is now collapsed and ready for shipment as an empty.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. A crate comprising a base, terminal bands carried by said base and projected upwardly therebeyond, end pieces, bands for the edges ofsaid end pieces formed with inwardly projected portions spaced from the inner sides of said end pieces, fingers projected inwardly rom.- the said terminal bands and through vthe bands applied to the edges of said end pieces, said end pieces being pivotally carried by said fingers, lside pieces, terminal bands `for said side pieces formed with projections spaced from the ends of said side pieces and adapted for interlocking engagement with the irst named projected portions whereby said end and side portions are retained in assembled relation and a top adapted for releasable locking engagement with the said end pieces.

2. A crate comprising a base, terminal bands carried by said base and projected upwardly therebeyond, end pieces, bands for the lateral edges of said end pieces formed with inwardly projected portions spaced from the inner sides of said end pieces, fingers projected inwardly from one of the said bands and through the other of said bands, apertured plates carried by one of said end pieces, headed pins carried by the o'therfendV piece, side pieces pivotally carried by said lingers, bands carried by the side faces of said side pieces and formed. with' proj ections extending along and spaced Afrom the end edges thereof for interlocking engagement with the rst named projections whereby said end and lateral pieces are retained in assembled relation and a top pro` AXEL ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

LESLIE C. FORD, K. N. STEWART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

